The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for vessels carrying dry bulk commodities, climbed to a two‑week high on Wednesday as rates strengthened across all vessel segments. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax...

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Analysis of more than 40 million alarm-related events shows most alarms offer little operational value, disrupt rest and push crews toward risky workarounds. New research from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has revealed that excessive and nuisance shipboard alarm systems are...

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With 2025 volumes nearly counted, Drewry’s upgraded Intra-Asia Container Market Insight, which now supports port, country and region level insights, reveals that the China to Vietnam market remains the most important country-to-country trade flow in the intra-Asia...

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A 5% increase in global steel exports in 2025 was driven by a surge in Chinese exports. Steel flows in 2025 are 5% higher than in 2024. China has driven the increase in outward steel flows, as its exports rose by 19%. Elsewhere, outward steel flows fell 2% y/y....

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BHP Group BHP has accepted lower prices for some iron ore sales while it negotiates a 2026 supply deal with China, it said on Tuesday, as it reported record first-half production of the key steelmaking ingredient. The Melbourne-headquartered miner also flagged a 20%...

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Interferry, the global trade association for the ferry industry, calls for an immediate halt to the further phasing-in of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the maritime sector. The demand follows the recent decision to continue exempting road transport from a...

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